Marina, the mother of the Ukrainian kid that Elton John was trying to adopt told reporters yesterday that there was no way she would ever give up her son, Lev.

Now it looks like the 15-month-old baby’s father Sergey is in agreement - he’s also refusing to sign off on an adoption, but he is open to letting Elton pay to move him to Britain with his son… and buy him a shoe store.

The HIV positive, unemployed, convicted murderer told reporters,

I know Elton is a rich man. Maybe he could help Marina and me and the boys get a flat so we could be a family again. That would be ideal. And if Elton could buy me a shoe shop, that would be great.

Sergey’s mom Yulia agreed. She said,

I don’t want Elton to adopt the children. But it would be OK if he was the boys’ guardian. Lev is so sweet, he took Elton’s heart away. He could give them a good life. But he must look after the boys’ parents too and keep them together as a family. Elton could be godfather.

She also added that Sergey’s criminal record shouldn’t keep Elton from taking him in. According to her, Sergey only killed a 14-year-old girl years ago because “He went for a walk with a pretty girl. She accidentally stood on his foot and he grabbed her by the neck and threw her in a lake. He ran away and she died”.